Cotula villosa Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Cotula

Characteristics

Glabrescent, annual herb, 300-500 mm high. Leaves alternate, bipinnatisect, lobes linear. Capitula disciform, solitary, pedunculate; involucral bracts in 2 rows, oblong, obtuse, membrane edged. Outer female florets in 1 or 2 rows, corolla reduced. Dies florets tubular below, widening upwards, 4-lobed, yellow. Flowering time July. Pappus absent. Cypselae of outer florets winged, of disc florets compressed, obovate, thickly margined.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Cotula villosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:198600-1
WFO ID wfo-0000114833
COL ID YYS5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cotula multifida Cotula villosa Matricaria multifida Pleiogyne villosa Cenia villosa